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Richard Clarke served as special advisory to President Bush on cyber-security and is now a security consultant and author. His novel Breakpoint describes a frightening cyber-attack scenario and in this extended interview he argues it's not so far-fetched.
John Markoff has been covering computer technology for the New York Times since 1988. In this interview he explains how he discovered the identity of the author of the Internet's first worm. He also did in-depth coverage of one of the most infamous hackers of the 90's and in this extended interview explains his position on the future of Internet security threats.
Jonathan Zittrain is co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and author of The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It. In this extended interview he explains various problems threatening today's Internet and which solutions might not rob the net of its generative qualities.
Clay Shirky is author of the Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. In this extended discussion he explains that complete anonymity on the Internet may be a thing of the past.
Highlights from Past Shows
Rush Limbaugh's keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in DC last weekend received much media attention and left pundits wondering if he's the de facto leader of the republican party? A question the White House was more than happy to discuss. But Limbaugh wasn't the only radio professional at CPAC. We too were curious about the future of conservatism and its future media message. So Bob attended and came back with this report.
Since 1991 the Pentagon has officially banned media from photographing flag-draped coffins arriving at Dover Air Force Base. That changed Thursday afternoon when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a shift in policy. Salon’s national correspondent Mark Benjamin discusses the value of publicizing the true cost of war.
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